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Slow death for Marsh means deals for patrons

A "store closing" banner hangs in the front of Marsh Supermarket on Teal Road in Lafayette on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The location is one of 18 Marsh stores that will close.(Photo: Meghan Holden/Journal & Courier)

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Adelyn Fullerton perused the aisles of the Marsh Supermarket on Teal Road, searching for basic food items that were proving difficult to locate.

She asked a passing employee where she could find the bread.

"If we have any left, it's in aisle 7," he replied.

The store is one of 18 Marsh locations, including one in West Lafayette, that will shutter next month amid the Indiana company's bankruptcy. Twenty-six other stores were bought by Kroger and Generative Growth/Fresh Encounter and will stay open.

Going-out-of-business sales began at the closing stores last week and will continue until July 20, the Muncie Star Press reported Wednesday. But at some locations with quickly dwindling supplies, like the one on Teal Road, it's possible the sale won't last that long.

Rows of milk, marked at 20 percent off, were cleared out of the Lafayette Marsh late Wednesday morning, along with nearly the entire meat section.

Nancy Spurgeon filled up the front of her cart with a stack of 70-percent-off greeting cards.

"I've got a lot of grand kids and relatives," she said, adding that she came to the store to check out what deals it had.

The selection at the West Lafayette location, on Salisbury Street, had also slimmed down since the liquidation sale began, though many of the aisles, such as the canned goods and cookies and crackers sections, were still amply stocked.

Pat Martin, who said she has been a loyal Marsh shopper for many years, gathered a collection of nonperishable items in her shopping cart.

"I'm taking advantage of their going out of business, unfortunately," she said. "I hate to see them go."